Raw Video from a 2008 Interview Bret Primack did with Sonny Rollins where he discusses Ben Webster, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.
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@SILOETTE100page12 жыл бұрын
man, i'm so lucky to be alive in your life time Sonny. thankk you
@vinylarchaeologist11 ай бұрын
11 years later (2023), and this colossus of a musician is still with us ❤
@JazzVideoGuy10 ай бұрын
He's hanging on.
@clivecolledge4191 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interview with a creative genius.
@jandeboer42610 жыл бұрын
Rollins is a league of his own. He is smart and very special person. People who like jazz, or music in general, must see him live. What a sound and performance. .
@saxworldwide11 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.....
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
🤩
@lesterwyoung7 жыл бұрын
Great articulate analysis by a great saxophonist.
@twangbarfly9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic and illuminating interview - I thought I couldn't like Sonny Rollins any more, then I see this! Thank you for the great work. You are providing PRICELESS sources of information and inspiration, Bret!
@JazzVideoGuy9 жыл бұрын
twangbarfly Thank you, appreciate the kind words.
@meckel12715 жыл бұрын
As Sonny reaches the end of the road, thank you for recording these.
@mickcarlon8147 Жыл бұрын
Yes, geniuses can also be humble individuals. Mr Rollins is our North Star.
@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын
True dat.
@denominator20824 күн бұрын
"Lester Young." - "...Yees?" Gotta love Sonny's personality. Wonderful to hear him speak of the old masters with such affection and admiration.
@benjaminlamza456912 жыл бұрын
A precious lesson in Jazz History, thanks Bret!!!
@joshuaklein2859 Жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget Sonny Rollins saying at the end of summer Lincoln Center outside gig “ don’t forget not to forget.” :)
@mymixture9656 жыл бұрын
Play from the heart, with the soul, with your brain, cold warm, sensitive...who cares, the individual message counts, to hear that from one of our masters makes my day. I always was a fan and transcribed a lot of his playing, so much melody.
@tomscott17415 жыл бұрын
Yes thank you Brett primack! These Sonny Rollins interviews that you have done have been vitally important to my life and has helped me out tremendously! If you have anymore please release them LOL. Thank you very much! Words can't describe how much I appreciate the Sonny Rollins interviews
@JazzVideoGuy5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!/
@andrewtannenbaum1 Жыл бұрын
As a teenager I asked Sonny Rollins how to improve my improvisation skills. He answered, "practice, practice, practice".
@jonathaneffemey9443 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting.
@JazzVideoGuy3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@bluzizalright4 жыл бұрын
These videos are of historic importance and I really appreciate the time that goes into producing them; please steady that camera and keep the focus steady as well :)
@JazzVideoGuy4 жыл бұрын
appreciate the feedback
@RobertCater-gu8ts7 ай бұрын
Hey video guy, great video on the Colossus, it’s like a master class on Jazz, and how we choose to live this life. I love jazz, but hearing from this Master, I feel something more. Thanks!😊
@monkeydooswingband8316 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jazz Video Guy.
@Dang... Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this gem! Sonny Rollins is one of my music heroes.
@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын
Glad you dig, Dan
@acohen198011 жыл бұрын
Brett, What a privilege it must be to be part of this posterity...thanx brother.
@helluvagun3 жыл бұрын
Nize to hear all that from a legend!
@jupiterlegrand48175 жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff from Sonny, but could you get in a little tighter with the camera...?
@michaelbarton32773 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought we were about to do a dental exam on the great man..
@michaelhashim85956 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU, BRET! Incredibly valuable and fascinating and nourishing.
@edwardjons8684 Жыл бұрын
This video just popped up in my feed. Thanks for all your work jazzvideoguy - you have posted so much great content. Defeat the algorithms!
@mortweiss31517 жыл бұрын
Great Interview!!!!!!!
@shiritzhaki53336 жыл бұрын
This is gold! Thank you bret
@jazzsoda Жыл бұрын
this is my 3rd or 4th time watching this, what a gem, thank you jvg
@Frankie-O2 ай бұрын
💎
@PhrygianPhrog9 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Wow, before youtube I used to tape ANYTHING about jazz on VHS like gold dust and watch it over and over.
@agamemnonpadar57069 жыл бұрын
+Ten Player Same here in Germany! When I was young in the 80s I often discussed with a friend, who is now a pro sax player, how nice it would be to see all the visual recordings of jazz greats of the past and present. When it was shown (very rarely) on TV you saw it when you had time and it was gone. So KZbin is like a dream have come true. In the 70s there was a TV broadcast of Count Basie from Munich and my parents sent me to bed cause there was school next day. It was a lost night, I couldn't sleep :-)
@kafenwar8 жыл бұрын
+Agamemnon Padar A similar thing happened to me back in 1973 when Duke Ellington came on TV. I had to be in bed by 9 o'clock and missed it. I saw it 38 years later on KZbin...
@agamemnonpadar57068 жыл бұрын
kafenwar This is funny, even missing the Duke must have been really bad. There are a few concerts on KZbin I have seen, which is especially nice... like Earl Hines in Antibes and the Lionel Hampton Big Band at the Nice Jazz festival. Its so much fun to relive these again and your childhood/youth at the same time.
@sherriekoberevans39358 жыл бұрын
know what you mean
@Frankie-O2 ай бұрын
📼
@helluvagun3 жыл бұрын
His bite is just like mine! Worn! From playing the horn!
@Icreatemore12 жыл бұрын
This is an incredible gift to share...thanks
@sheskimusic2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Bret. So informative and so valuable. Especially to those of us involved in the music and see Sonny as an idol. It makes something different related to the music.
@JazzVideoGuy2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@bryandickerson53653 жыл бұрын
Human intelligence, communication and creativity are so interesting. Here we have a man known for his musical wit, dexterity and “architectural” complexity yet when he communicates in words he struggles a little bit, like most of us, to communicate all the experiences he’s had. I love seeing that he’s human like the rest of us and it makes me love him even more! I too feel truly blessed that I get to live in the age of Sonny and have had the joy of hearing him live multiple times. A beautiful musician - a beautiful human being!
@JazzVideoGuy3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@1955drv5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@ethanlander42522 жыл бұрын
God I love listening to Sonny speak
@dasglasperlenspiel104 жыл бұрын
This is so inspiring!
@123must12 жыл бұрын
A great man ! A lot of thanks
@Bird_Coltrane_Monk_Dizzy11134 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for posting!
@mjcruiser4238 Жыл бұрын
The way I heard the Joe Louis story was “ sometime in the late forties Ben happened to get in an elevator with the Champion -he supposedly said “hi -ya doin Champ” and gave Louis a shot in the stomach. Louis responded with a -“fine -how you doin Ben -and gave Webster a shot in the stomach -doubling the saxophone player up”!
@madbebopper6 жыл бұрын
I loved this as I love all of the interviews you have done, Brett. I would love to hear about what the musicians all feel about Don Byas. He was an equal and was well respected by Hawk and Ben and replaced Lester in Basie's Orchestra. I always felt Don was overlooked but I am sure he had left the US long before Sonny started to play professionally but he may have heard him before he left the country.
@MrAnderswt7 жыл бұрын
Only a fool wouldn´t appreciate both Hawkins and Young.
@elwoodwhite24993 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! old school but New well balanced Man with a world of human experience super Keep it Real intelligent understandable Alert and up at the top of his craft for sure with the best!
@JazzVideoGuy3 жыл бұрын
oh yeah
@sherriekoberevans39358 жыл бұрын
glad these intrviews were done
@contactkeithstack9 жыл бұрын
youtube= New improved Encyclopedia
@stimpy1226 Жыл бұрын
Beside Sonny, I really love the soft sound of Houston Person. He did several recordings with Mr. Carter and they are just so beautiful to listen to.
@jameelboone48826 жыл бұрын
Thank You!
@petershaw806 жыл бұрын
What a great guy. Should be compulsory viewing such modesty
@shotapebbles12 жыл бұрын
just casually curling the mo......
@nickharvey21052 жыл бұрын
😊
@davidram3613 жыл бұрын
right on Sonny!
@glenntomassi34424 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@pulesenatla13143 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@ES150L7C12 жыл бұрын
Great...
@theopaopa16 жыл бұрын
9:13 :) 13:42 thank you, big master sonny, sober and clever bret and jazz video guy
@dylanmenzies3973 Жыл бұрын
Deep stuff
@JazzVideoGuy Жыл бұрын
totally
@leegollin44173 жыл бұрын
He's a genius.
@Frankie-O Жыл бұрын
Sonny Rollins is the jazz genius.
@HP_____3 жыл бұрын
Great interview. But why did the camera need to be so close to his face? I have always find that intrusive... almost disrespectful. Sonny Rollins deserves a respectful distance. Unless the video image has been cropped, the cameraman could do better.
@JazzVideoGuy3 жыл бұрын
Yup, I had to fire that cameraman after the shoot. He's now a ditch digger in Mississippi.
@luvmyrecords3 жыл бұрын
@@JazzVideoGuy 🤣🤣🤣
@HP_____3 жыл бұрын
Glad the cameraman is fired! I ended up listening and not watching, like a podcast.
@loveyouall6610 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU GOD FOR PREZ, BEAN, ROLLINS, AMMONS, AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT TENOR GUYS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TENOR SOUND.
@carlenechestnut94237 жыл бұрын
loveyouall66
@LilieFu Жыл бұрын
Pres 4:32
@MrSteven294510 жыл бұрын
did he call lester young he-she what a Freudian slip.....wow
@nononouh2 жыл бұрын
8 12
@advancedguitar18 жыл бұрын
Watch this version of st Thomas played entirely on bass by a very talented player kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3ndnIWOlN2jjKc
@rolanddoucet45810 жыл бұрын
Very bad interviewer. Knows a lot but doesn't have a clue about how to interview.
@twangbarfly9 жыл бұрын
Roland Doucet Disagree - Bret gave him some subjects and let him talk. Sonny Rollins is obviously highly intelligent and articulate and well capable of catching the ball and running with it. It was great watching him and listening to him reminiscing about his heroes rather than dancing around questions chucked in willy nilly.